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Donovan X. Ramsey is a journalist and author of the new book\xa0When Crack Was King: A People\u2019s History of a Misunderstood Era.\n\u201cI've only ever wanted to write about Black people\u2014and that includes the elements of our lives that are difficult. I\u2019ve always prided myself on being able to metabolize that information and not really be harmed by it. And this book really taught me that writing and processing is not just something that you do in your head. That the information does go through you as you're trying to make sense of it. And it's not\xa0happening\xa0to you, right? It's not like a direct form of PTSD that you have, but you do experience some trauma when you open up your imagination in that way.\u201d\nShow notes:\n\n@donovanxramsey\n\ndonovanxramsey.com\n\nRamsey on Longform Podcast\n\n\nWhen Crack Was King: A People\u2019s History of a Misunderstood Era\xa0(One World \u2022 2023)\n\n02:00\xa0Ramsey's\xa0Los Angeles Times\xa0archive\n\n\n05:00\xa0The Warmth of Other Suns\xa0(Isabel Wilkerson \u2022 Vintage \u2022 2011)\n\n35:00\xa0"America\u2019s \u2018crack\u2019 plague has roots in Nicaragua war"\xa0(Gary Webb \u2022 San Jose Mercury News \u2022 Aug 1996)\n\n35:00\xa0"Shadowy origins of \u2018crack\u2019 epidemic"\xa0(Gary Webb \u2022 San Jose Mercury News \u2022 Aug 1996)\n\n35:00\xa0"War on drugs has unequal impact on black Americans"\xa0(Gary Webb \u2022 San Jose Mercury News \u2022 Aug 1996)\n\n45:00\xa0The 1619 Project\xa0(Nikole Hannah-Jones et al. \u2022 New York Times \u2022 2019)\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices